Obama and Abdul El-Sayed Discuss Unity After Michigan Senate Primary

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s call with the former president comes as he tries to win over wary Democrats in Michigan’s high-stakes Senate race.

August 09, 2026 7:06 PM ET Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee to be Michigan’s next U.S. senator, floated plans involving leveraging Trump administration officials if his party wrests control of the Senate in the 2026 midterm elections.El-Sayed told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday Democrats can hold the Trump administr

Abdul El-Sayed and Barack Obama spoke as Democrats seek to unify following heated Senate primary  CNN

Gavin Newsom has confirmed he will meet with radical Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed as he campaigns with Democrats in the battleground state of Michigan.

"I was grateful for his advice. It was very warm, very inviting, and I know that he knows the critical role that Michigan is going to play," El-Sayed told NBC's "Meet the Press."

Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed says he hopes Barack Obama will campaign with him ahead of November’s midterm elections.

El-Sayed says he hopes the former president will campaign with him.

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed reflected on a call he had with former President Obama after a primary win in an interview that aired on Sunday.  He described the conversation as “warm” and “inspiring.” “I like to keep private conversations private. But it was a really warm and inspiring conversatio

Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed Defends Medicare-for-All Plan Ahead of Midterm Contest  wsj.com

Asked if he would like to see Obama come to Michigan to drum up support for Democrats before the midterm elections in November, El-Sayed said he “really” hoped so.

El-Sayed spoke with Obama as Michigan Democrats look to unite after a bitter Senate primary  Toronto Star

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says he's spoken with Barack Obama and hopes the former president will campaign with him

El-Sayed spoke with Obama as Michigan Democrats look to unite after a bitter Senate primary  AP News

Michigan Senate nominnee Abdul El-Sayed confirmed that he spoke to former President Barack Obama adding that he hopes to campaign with him this fall.

Michigan Representative Haley Stevens backs Abdul El-Sayed after narrowly losing the Democratic Senate primary to him and says she is ready to help the party’s ticket ahead of November. Joining Bloomberg This Weekend, Stevens acknowledges their policy differences but says Democrats need to unite as El-Sayed faces Repub

Wednesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Michigan. Marlow said, “The terrorist brother apparently also was a Hezbollah terrorist who…was killed by Israel in Lebanon. So that’s the backstory on this. So that’s why he’s saying

“The question now is, are we willing to reach across the divides they tell us we can't breach?” Senate Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed told MS NOW.

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing backlash after trashing a beloved Michigan vacation spot in a resurfaced video — and doubled down when confronted. “I don’t think the most American place in Michigan is a place that…bans cars,” he said.  Mackinac Island banned motor vehicles in the 1890s, le

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What Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win says about AIPAC’s political influence  Arab News

We speak with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after his victory in Michigan’s primary race for U.S. Senate sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party. El-Sayed, a former public health official, ran a progressive campaign focused on affordability, Medicare for All, getting money out of politics, and opposing Israel’s genocide in G